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Toronto is still the high-rise project leader in North America. Construction-data provider Emporis said Canada’s biggest city led the way again last year in the number of skyscraper projects being built, although New York’s pace was accelerating.

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Toronto remained atop the rankings of North America’s high-rise construction projects in 2013, but New York was nipping at its heels.

Emporis, a German-based provider of data for the construction industry, found more high-rises and skyscrapers being built in Toronto than any other city in North America last year, with 130 projects. New York was close behind with 91 projects, while Montreal came in third with 25 high-rises and skyscrapers under construction. Canada had six cities in the top 10.

Most of those projects were residential buildings.

Though Toronto has led the pace in recent years, New York appears to be poised to catch up to Toronto’s title as early as 2015. The city has seen high-rise construction growth of 26% since 2012, Emporis said. Read More »

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